Osprey Monitoring & Sightings
Where are Osprey Nesting?
For more than 15 years, Greenbelt has been dedicated to Osprey conservation through the construction and maintenance of nesting platforms, data collection, public education, and collaborative research efforts aimed at protecting this once endangered species. Volunteers submit their sightings online, and the most recent sightings are displayed in real-time.
Osprey Sighting Form
Help track Osprey behavior north of Boston by submitting your observations using our easy-to-use online reporting form.
Osprey Sightings Archive Search
Name: Stan Franzeen
Nest Name:
BEV-01 - Monument Bar Channel Marker G1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-09
3:30 PM to 3:50 PM
at: Beverly
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 73F, 82%humid, 9 MPH wind, low tide, overcast
Other Activity: Both OSPR were feeding themselves during the entire time I was observing. One OSPR flapped its wings and lifted off a few inches above the nest before settling back down.
Observation Method: foot
General Comments:
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-06 - DCR Rumney Marsh Platform #1
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
3:20 PM to 3:32 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 1
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: cloudy and hazy, 76, light breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Three ospreys seen total, only one on nest. Appeared to stand up but might have landed while I watched other 2 that were perched, one on higher perch very near platform, one on low perch nearby. Think those were adults, couldn't tell about one in nest. Light bad and far for my equipment! Need a scope...
Name: Dorothy Rocklin
Nest Name:
SAU-03 - Route 107 Utility Pole
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
No Osprey visible on Nest
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
3:40 PM` to 3:47 PM
at: Saugus
Number of Adults Visible: 0
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: cloudy and hazy, 76, light breeze
Other Activity:
Observation Method: foot
General Comments: Second week with no ospreys on nest or seen nearby, so will stop monitoring this nest.
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-08 - Shad Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Feeding Self
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
9:30 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 F, hazy, humid, calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-04 - Salisbury Beach Reservation Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
9:30 AM to 9:40 AM
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 F, hazy, humid, calm
Other Activity: I can't tell if that is a fledgling in the nest or one of the adult
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
9:30 to 9:40
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 2
Weather Conditions: 80 F, hazy, humid, calm
Other Activity: Do over of observation of this platform. 1 adult on platform, 1 on perch. 2 ospreys on posts 100 yds away towards the old duck blind. Maybe they below to the Reservation platform but this is closer.
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
SAL-02 - Black Rock Creek Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
9:30 to 9:40
at: Salisbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 F, hazy, humid, calm
Other Activity: can't see any nestlings
Observation Method: from boat ramp
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-05 - Chaces Island Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
10:50 AM to 11:10 AM
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible: 2
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 F, hazy, humid, calm
Other Activity: 2 ospreys in sky over head.
Observation Method: from Plum Island Bridge
General Comments:
Name: Mary Ann Leekley
Nest Name:
NEW-03A - Plum Island River Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Osprey Perched
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
10:50 AM to 11:10
at: Newbury
Number of Adults Visible: 2
Number of Nestlings Visible: 0
Number of Fledglings Visible: 0
Weather Conditions: 80 F, hazy, humid, calm
Other Activity:
Observation Method: from Plum Island bridge
General Comments:
Name: Shirley Si gleton
Nest Name:
ESS-05 - Singleton Salt Marsh Platform
Adult Osprey Activity Observed:
Other (specify below)
Location, Date & Time of Observation:
2021-08-08
7:00 AM to 7:30 AM
at: Essex
Number of Adults Visible: 1
Number of Nestlings Visible:
Number of Fledglings Visible: 1
Weather Conditions: Overcast 70s
Other Activity: Jake is learning some tough lessons from his dad. The dad has not brought in any food this morning. Jake is screeching loudly, flying off the nest and circling his dad who is on the marsh post, and then flies back to the nest. He has done this over and over for the past 30 minutes. I believe the dad is trying to get him to go find his own fish.
Observation Method: From back deck
General Comments: